Feudal barony of Plympton

Plympton Castle, the motte with parts of ruined walls of the keep on top

The feudal barony of Plympton (or Honour of Plympton) was a large feudal barony in the county of Devon, England, whose caput was Plympton Castle and manor,[1] Plympton. It was one of eight feudal baronies in Devonshire which existed during the medieval era.[2] It included the so-called Honour of Christchurch in Hampshire (now in Dorset), which was not however technically a barony.[3] The de Redvers family, first holders of the barony, were also Lords of the Isle of Wight, which lordship was not inherited by the Courtenays, as was the barony of Plympton, as it had been sold to the king by the last in the line Isabel de Redvers, 8th Countess of Devon (1237–1293).

History

Domesday Book origins

Many of the lands which later formed the feudal barony of Plympton were formerly held by two Devon Domesday Book tenants-in-chief of King William the Conqueror (1066-1087):

Descent

The descent of the feudal barony of Plympton was as follows:

de Redvers

The arms of de Redvers, adopted at the start of the age of heraldry (c. 1200-1215), probably by William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon(died 1217), : Or, a lion rampant azure

Courtenay

Arms of Courtenay, from about 1200: Or, three torteaux

List of constituent manors

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The barony comprised originally the following manors held in-chief per baroniam:

Sources

References

  1. Thorn & Thorn, part 2, chapter 1,17
  2. Sanders, Contents, pp. ix-xi; the others being Bampton, Bradninch, Great Torrington, Barnstaple, Berry Pomeroy, Totnes, Okehampton
  3. Sanders, p.112
  4. Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, part 2, Chapter 28
  5. Thorne & Thorne, part 2 (notes), chapter 28
  6. Thorn, part 2, Chapter 21
  7. Sanders, p.137
  8. Sanders, p.138
  9. Both shared common ancestry from William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon (d.1217), Isabel's great-grandfather and Courtenay's great-great-grandfather
  10. Sanders, p.138
  11. Sanders, p.70
  12. Cokayne 1916, pp. 323–4
  13. GEC The Complete Peerage, vol.IV, p.317, pedigree chart "The Heirs of Richard FitzBaldwin"
  14. Sanders, p.112: The manor of Christchurch, sometimes called a barony, was part of the barony of Plympton, granted by King Henry I to Richard de Redvers (d.1107), but was sold together with the Isle of Wight to the crown by Isabella
  15. Charter XXII, published in Appendix to Worsley, Sir Richard, History of the Isle of Wight, London, 1781
  16. Sanders, pp.70,138
  17. Sanders, p.70
  18. Sanders, p.70
  19. Sanders, p.70
  20. Sanders, I.J. English Baronies: A Study of their Origin and Descent 1086-1327, Oxford, 1960, p.138, Plympton
  21. Sanders, p.138
  22. Pole, p.5
  23. Pastscape – Detailed Result: OKEHAMPTON CASTLE. Pastscape.english-heritage.org.uk. Retrieved on 2011-03-05.
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